The Principal Navigations, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation : Made By Sea or Overland to the Emote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeares. Volume 4. Everyman's Library
by Hakluyt, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: J M Dent & Co, 1926. "Richard Hakluyt (1552 - 1616) was an English writer, famous for his Voyages, which provided William Shakespeare and others with material, and was a foundation for the travel literature genre. Originally published, in 1589, using eye-witness accounts as far as possible." CONDITION Green bds are fresh with light wear to spine ends, Gilt title is dulled, pp x 386 has the odd fox spot, text block bright, small name to ffep.. Re-Issue. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11659
- Title
- The Principal Navigations, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation : Made By Sea or Overland to the Emote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Yeares. Volume 4. Everyman's Library
- Author
- Hakluyt, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Re-Issue
- Publisher
- J M Dent & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ships & the Sea;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
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Auckland
About Ariel Books
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
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